How to Install Android 5.1.1 Lollipop on Gionee Pioneer P3

When launched, the Gionee Pioneer P3 gained huge attention and was sold in huge numbers. Initially, it was launched with Android 4.2 Jelly bean and to till now, now further update has been rolled out manufacture for this handset.

For sure it is quite disappointing as there should be at least KitKat update. However still we can easily update our device to newer Android version such as KitKat and Lollipop using custom Rom. Basically these are build and distributed by third-party developers, ported from pure Android firmware and customized to be fully compatible with the our devices.

In this post we’ll help you to update your Gionee Pioneer P3 to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop using CyanogenMod 12.1 Lollipop Rom. Thanks to Tran Tien, who brought this Rom over XDA forum and shared it. It is quite impressive, you’ll be having pure Android Lollipop experience, many powerful and use CyanogenMod apps and much more. Almost all features are working well except wifi hotspot.

Below is the list of all features which are working and not working,

What’s working?

Display

Touchscreen

Camera

Audio

RIL

Sensors

Wifi

Bluetooth

GPS

With new cool toast animation

USSD (maybe)

What’s not working?

Wifi Hotspot

If you want to read more about this Rom, then you must consider to visit the actual thread over here.

Pre-requisites

This guide and rom is only for Gionee Pioneer P3 and it meant nothing for any other device. Make sure to check your device before proceeding any further.

To install this Rom, you must have custom recovery TWRP on your device. If you’ve not installed it yet, do not worry, in this post we’ve mentioned few steps to install this TWRP recovery on your device.

We recommend you to back up all the important stuff stored under the device memory to same safe place. You can follow our back up guide – How to back up Android Device.

Hi ! I just installed this rom and my phone when boots and it shows me that my app are starting and then my screen goes black . but the sensors are still working and if i press the power button to lock the device it ligth’s up the sensors . please help me !! What can i do ? and beside that i tried to go into recovery mode and this rom erased it i don’t have it anymore . please help me !!!!

how fully the status bar Select 7 times the number of versions of the development options Enable Advanced Mode in the About Phone In the Notification Drawer = > select and order tiles and choose Drag order

Sir actually i already rooted my phone gionee p3 with custom rom of cyanogen But problem is that now it becomes too slow and now i want to change this rom or wanna back to any other rom (preferable gionee p3 rom) I tried to root it again but i can’t do that Actually while restart the phone with vol button doesn’t take me to the cm recovery mode Please suggest me something

Sir actually i already rooted my phone gionee p3 with custom rom of cyanogen (blissPop) But problem is that now it becomes too slow and now i want to change this rom or wanna back to any other rom (preferable gionee p3 rom) I tried to root it again but i can’t do that Actually while restart the phone with vol button doesn’t take me to the cm recovery mode Please suggest me something